Lost Wax Casting: An Ancient and Innovative Metal Casting Technique


Authors : Monotos Mondol

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August

Google Scholar : https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi

Scribd : https://tinyurl.com/25teu5we

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8348380

Abstract : Lost wax process also called cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French)–In the lost wax casting method, a wax model is first made. A coating of clay or plaster of paris is applied over this model. It is fired into a mold. Casting is done by pouring molten liquid metal (such as: copper, brass, iron, bronze, aluminum) into the void created by the burning of the wax.

Keywords : Wax, Metal, Model, Molding, Burnout, Pouring, Finishing, Docra, Technique.

Lost wax process also called cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French)–In the lost wax casting method, a wax model is first made. A coating of clay or plaster of paris is applied over this model. It is fired into a mold. Casting is done by pouring molten liquid metal (such as: copper, brass, iron, bronze, aluminum) into the void created by the burning of the wax.

Keywords : Wax, Metal, Model, Molding, Burnout, Pouring, Finishing, Docra, Technique.

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